It's almost football season again.
The Washington Redskins bring their training camp to Richmond for the third straight year, beginning Thursday and holding 13 practices before camp breaks Aug. 17
It's the third year the Redskins will be training at the...

Having just arrived at Todd Stadium, Michael Vick couldn't help but smile as a group of kids swarmed him to say hello.
Saturday's football camp was the main event of the second annual Mike Vick Weekend put on by the Team Vick Foundation, which serves...

YORK — There's often that one opponent in sports you shouldn't have trouble with but do, like Ken Norton was for Ali and Joe Namath and the New York Jets were for the 1968 Baltimore Colts. Area softball power Smithfield High's nemesis is Tabb.Tabb...

Word of the spike in Newport News homicides is reaching beyond city lines.
A march against the violence is scheduled to take place starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, from King-Lincoln Park to 24th Street.
John Eley, who grew up in the area, but now...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have signed free-agent quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who spent the past four seasons backing up Joe Flacco in Baltimore.
Taylor, a Hampton High product, signed a two-year contract Thursday, a day after arriving in...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has landed a job with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Boyd is a graduate of Phoebus High School. He led the Phantoms to the 2008 Division 5 state championship.
The Steelers added Boyd to their offseason...

As we did after the Steelers-Jets game, we turn the figurative microphone over to Newport News native Charlie Flowe. Here's his story after the final week of the NFL season.
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It clearly was a tough season for the New York Giants,...

Yet again, the San Diego Chargers are winning key games late in the regular season. This time, they can credit a lot of guys who are familiar with Virginia.
The Chargers looked all but finished Saturday night against the 49ers, trailing by 21 points in a...

In a relatively quiet week for Virginians in the NFL, Arthur Moats of Portsmouth came up big on defense for the Steelers, Lorenzo Taliaferro from Bruton High made key contributions on the Ravens' offense, and the Chargers' Nick Novak temporarily added...

A decade after he caught a touchdown pass from Bryan Randall that gave Virginia Tech the ACC championship in its first year in the conference, veteran receiver Eddie Royal is back in business with the San Diego Chargers.The last of his nine catches for 81...

While Michael Vick and the Jets fell flat against the Bills in a game that was relocated from the Buffalo area to Detroit because of heavy snow in western New York, the week was otherwise mostly quiet for Virginia-area players.The Giants' Rashad...

On a reasonably quiet weekend for Virginia-based NFL players, former William and Mary star Jonathan Grimes became a workhorse for Houston, averaging more than 4 yards per rush on his 13 carries as the Texans won in Cleveland.
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A look at Virginia-based players in NFL Week 10: Ahmad Brooks' overtime sack of Drew Brees ensured that the 49ers will stay relevant in postseason discussions; Branden Albert was lost for the season; Michael Vick returned to glory for a day; Russell...

For today, Sonny D yields the floor to Newport News native Charlie Flowe, a radio personality in Philadelphia who attended Sunday's victory by the Jets over the Steelers at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.Flowe graduated from Ferguson High and...